The Happy Pod: Soldiers' letters from 1916 finally home

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  This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Alex Ritzon and in this edition.

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  One of the amazing things, and I thank you to give any other person.

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  Probably could have walked past it, wouldn't have taken any notice of it.

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  The man reunited with a very special piece of his family history.

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  We talked to him and the woman who found it.

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  The memorial for LGBT veterans kicked out of the armed forces because of their sexuality.

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  Words that were used to condemn us are now actually there in gold letters to actually honour us and to future people.

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  So it's for past, present and future generations.

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  Plus...

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  Oh, I love the challenge of it.

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  As long as you are physically capable of doing them,

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  then it's why everybody does them for the challenge of it and the feeling afterwards of accomplishment and that you did something really hard.

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  Meet Natalie, she's 80 and has just completed an Iron Man challenge in Hawaii.

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  And I feel a connection, you know, I do think I'll go visit him and be like, hello, pottery.

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  It's been a while.

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  So I do think it left a huge impression on me.

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  I think it's going to impact me for the rest of my life.

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  The students here in Britain helping to restore an ancient Egyptian mummy.

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